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xmalloc: include size in the failure message

Out-of-memory errors can either be actual lack of memory, or bugs (like
code trying to call xmalloc(-1) by mistake). A little more information
may help tracking bugs reported by users.

Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Matthieu Moy 15 years ago committed by Junio C Hamano
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@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ void *xmalloc(size_t size) @@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ void *xmalloc(size_t size)
if (!ret && !size)
ret = malloc(1);
if (!ret)
die("Out of memory, malloc failed");
die("Out of memory, malloc failed (tried to allocate %lu bytes)",
(unsigned long)size);
}
#ifdef XMALLOC_POISON
memset(ret, 0xA5, size);

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